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Preferred term

Galilee (ISR)  

Entry terms

  • Hagalil (region, ISR)

Scope note

  • hilly region, coextensive with N part of modern Israel, bounded on the E by the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee, and extending S to the Plain of Esdraelon; chief scene of Christ's ministry; ancient capital: Sepphoris [WGD]

Notation

  • 17956

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/45G-V5W7TPQ1-L

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